I had to go into work today to do some prep for the weekend so Manny treated us to @eatchayclub for lunch.
The first street food I properly fell in love with, and still eat now, was @yum_bun so I’m always happy when I can get vegan bao and the Eat Chay ones are amazing. Today we had a fish one each and shared the spicy tofu. I loved their vegan fish but felt it needed some spice in the sauce as it was a bit bland. The tofu one was deliciously spicy tho.
We also shared a beef banh mi which was fabulous as usual tho!
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If you're ever feeling useless and lonely, just consider all of the unused bottles of Caesar salad dressing sitting cold and alone in refrigerators across North America as we deal with the great romaine lettuce E. Coli outbreak of 2018 😭
In the meantime, though, there are plenty of other salads to enjoy. This Lebanese Fattoush salad was amazing 😍 along with some sumac and orange baked chicken thighs. Any salad that includes bread is an automatic win for me; the variety of vegetables, the sweet/sour dressing, and the touch of interest from mint really make this an exceptional dish on its own.
And, for once, I'm including a recipe! This will make enough for two healthy side salads or one bigass salad, if you're into that.
Dressing:
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon pomegranate molasses (no you can't just use regular molasses. I guess you could, but that would be awful)
- 1/2 teaspoon ground sumac
- 1 clove garlic, smashed and minced
- 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
- Salt to taste
Salad:
- Whatever greens you like; I used generic green lettuce but any neutral kind of crunchy stuff will work.
- 1 pita bread, coated in olive oil and toasted, then torn into pieces
- 1 or 2 thin sliced radishes
- half of a cucumber, peeled and sliced. Pick the kind you like but Persian or English are probably better than what I used
- half of a red onion, thinly sliced
- half a decent, in season tomato, or a whole Roma tomato. Chop and salt lightly ahead of time to draw out excess moisture.
- bunch of torn mint leaves to taste
So this isn't so much a recipe as much as a framework to do with as you will. Some people might want more garlic, and that's cool. Or leave out the radishes if you don't like them, and then go sit in a corner because you're a terrible person 😤 (Radishes are wonderful dirt candy 😍)
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I’ve got a full day in the kitchen today making pies. I woke up craving carbs but I knew that wouldn’t be good, especially today, when I need my energy to last a long time. So.... I made some pancakes. What?!?! These pancakes are not loaded with carbs, but coconut flour, eggs, and more. They are fluffy, satisfying and delicious. Recipe below.
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Mix together 2 Tablespoons of melted butter (or coconut oil), 3 eggs, 1 tsp of vanilla, 1/4 cup coconut flour, 1/2 tsp of baking powder, 1/4 tsp sea salt, 1/4 tsp of baking soda, 1/3 cup coconut milk (I used full fat), 2 Tablespoons of honey (optional- I did not add honey, but some might not think these are sweet enough). I threw in some dark chocolate chips instead. Whisk everything together and ladle on a medium heat griddle coated with melted butter, coconut oil or non stick spray. Cook for a few minutes on each side until batter begins to bubble. Enjoy!
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Winter is coming... at least, here in the northern hemisphere. That means it's pretty much soup season 🙌 (although in this part of Florida, winter lasts roughly 2 weeks at most) so I decided to get a head start with some minestrone soup. I love this because you can throw in damn near anything that pleases you.
We all know someone who should eat more vegetables 😉 and this soup is the best way to trick them into it. I did the usual onions, celery, and carrots. Then we have tomatoes, zucchini, corn, potatoes, spinach, green beans, great northern beans, and peas. You can totally use canned or frozen ingredients for this recipe, too! The secret here is to properly cook each vegetable for the right time, and also a few chunks of parmesan cheese rind thrown in 🧀. A few splashes of Vietnamese fish sauce (completely inauthentic) might have shown up early on 😏 and I made sure to cook the mirepoix almost to burning. I added some Hungarian paprika before the stock ever went in, as well. Cooking good paprika in hot oil isn't really an Italian technique 😂 but it creates wonders.
Suffice to say that I took steps to make sure that each ingredient could shine through with its own flavor. All of this makes for a deep and intense flavor far beyond the level of canned soup. The meat and cheese are honestly quite optional in this recipe if you treat the vegetables properly 🤗
Is it an authentic minestrone? Not at all, but at the same time, it absolutely is. It's soup worth far more than the sum of it's parts, letting the ingredients do the talking.
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Sometimes you see new places open and you wonder if they’re all pink banquette over substance, like the cafe in town selling seaweed lattes and Costco traybakes for a weeks wages, but I’m here to tell you that while @eatgenesis is ticking every instagram friendly box, they ain’t serving up anything short of some of the best vegan food in London.
The deep fried avocado taco was my main reason for visiting and I wasn’t disappointed. SO good. As was my banh mi hot dog. So many good flavours. Manny has a chorizo taco and shawarma ...I tried both and they were delicious.
After we’d eaten we spent ages looking at the menu deciding what to eat next time, while finishing our @lobroslivingdrinks kombucha. Vegan cliches 😆😆
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There are recipes we make once or twice, and the recipes which we make again and again. Not counting baking and desserts, this is without a doubt the recipe I've made and eaten the most in my life: Jerk Chicken! Most of the ingredients are standard at this point, but I tweak it just a little every time to see what I can improve.
My essential components of jerk are: slow smoky cooking, scotch bonnet peppers (I like to use Trinidad Moruga Scorpions at times though), and allspice. Also, fresh thyme and scallions are essential for my preferred taste. An overnight marinade is so important, as well.
I have a lot of love for jerk, if you haven't guessed. 😂 I woke up hours early so that I could cook off these wings before work, and if you know me, then you know that nothing will make me wake up early... Other than these wonderful pieces of Caribbean sunshine.
Do you guys have a recipe or dish that keeps you up thinking about it time after time? Or maybe one that you miss and oughta cook again soon? .
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Pre veganism my favourite brownie to bake (and eat) used @paul_a_young recipe. I also rarely passed his store without buying one, or two, which perhaps explains why I was 8 stone heavier a year ago 😆
Obviously now I cannot have his original brownies BUT on Monday Paul launches his vegan brownie to the world and good god doesn’t it look AMAZING. Thank goodness my trousers have some stretch in them.
Not gonna lie I popped into the Islington store today just incase they had them early 😆
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